[Ads-l] "Larchmont Lockjaw" Not in OED

[Ben Zimmer]

See also my 2011 post with citations for "Locust Valley lockjaw" (1965),
"Long Island lockjaw" (1972), and "Larchmont lockjaw" (1973).

https://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2011-June/110213.html

On Sat, Oct 5, 2024 at 8:20 AM Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:

> "Larchmont Lockjaw," a term for a mid-Atlantic upper-class accent, is not
> in the OED.  The earliest occurrence I have found is the following:
>
> 1973 St. Louis Post-Dispatch 17 June 4E (Newspapers.com)
>
> Raised in Central Park West and already speaking the kind of "Larchmont
> Lockjaw" to which such hot house bred young women seem to be addicted.
>
> Fred Shapiro
>
>

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